Cable-hanger.



C. L. PEIRCE, JR. CABLE HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1907.

Patented Mar. 29, 1910.

WITNESSES:

INVENTOR bent to form hooks,

or suspender member for engaging with and supporting the length CHARLES L. PEIRCE, JE.,

ELECTRIC COMIANY, 0F TOLEDO, OHIO,

STAT1 PATENT A CORPORATION 0F OHIO.

CABLE-HANGER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES L. PEIRGE, Jr., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Cable- Hanger; and I do hereby declare the followl ing to be a full, clear, and exact description i of the invention, such as will enable othersl skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to devices for suspending wires and cables fromtheir messengers or supportin wires, and more particularly to such-ca les as constitute electrical conductors for telegraph and telephone circuits, which owing to their weight are incapable of supporting themselves when suspended from poles spaced apart at the usual intervals; I

The general object of my invention is the provision of a hanger of this nature which is simple and economical in its construction, capable of being easily and quickly a plied to or removed from the messenger an supported cable, and at the same time prevented from being accidentally disconnected there from, and which combines a maximum of strength with a minimum amount of material whereby to enhance the practicability and commercial value thereof.

The invention is fully described' in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of my hanger ap bed to a messenger wlre and its associated cable, and Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the messenger wire and its associated cable with a modified form of my hanger applied thereto.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the hook or saddle member for riding on and engaging the messenger wire 2, an the portion thereof which forms the loop conductor cable 4.

The hook 1 is preferably formed from a of wire bent into U-shape and having its ends turned up to members. These may be in the form of an eye 5 and hook 6, or both terminals may be as shown at 7 in Fig. 2. 5

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed January 2, 1907. Serial No. 350,443. I

either comprise a clip having form cord engaging Patented Mar. 29, 19-10.

The loop or suspender member 3 of the hanger consists of a cord, rope, or other flexible member which has its ends knotted, as shown at 8 in Fig. 2, or'looped as shown in Fig. 1, to adaptit to engage the bent ends of the hook 1. This cord may either have one end permanently secured to the hook, as have both ends shown in Fig. 1, or it may removable therefrom, as shown in Fig; 2. The hooked terminals of the member 1 are bent sufficiently close to the adjacent leg of the member 1, as shown at 9, to require the application of force to the loop member 3 in order to place its ends in or out of engagemen't with such hooks, thus preventing an accidental disengagement of the loop therefrom and at the same time rendering it susceptible of easy engagement or disengagement by a lineman.

In practice it is preferable to make the loop or suspender 3 of sufficient length to enable its central portion to be passed entirely around the supported cable prior, to the placing of the free end thereof inengagement with the, hook of the member 1, thus preventing any tendency of the hangers to slide longitudinally of the cable.

It is thus apparent that m hanger may 'oth ends provided with hooks or one end formed with an eye and the other with a the cord. or suspending member 3 may consist of a flexible member formed at its ends 1 with knots, loops, or other suitable means 01 engaging the bent ends of the hook memer 1.

lVith my construction of hanger the objections continually raised to the use of the forms of hangers heretofore employed are entirely obviated, as the formation of the hook portion 1 enables it to swing and slide freely on the messenger, the engagement of the free end of the loop 3 with the hook-end of the member l prevents an accidental disengagement thereof, and the hanger is cahook, and also that pable of being easily and quickly applied to v or removed-from a cable and its messenger without the use of tools.

Having thus'described I claim as newand desire to secure'by ters Patent, is,-

1.'A cable-hanger comprising a U-shaped metal member having one leg terminating in an eye and the other leg terminating in a hook, and a flexible loop member having one my invention, what Let- end in engagement with the eye and its other mmal of the end capa the hook.

2. A cable-hanger comprising a looped member for riding on the messenger wire, and a flexible member for looping around the cable, said looped member having one leg terminating in an eye to which one end of the flexible member is secured and its other end terminating in a hook with which the free end of ably engages,

le of removable engagement with the opening between the terhook and the attached leg of its member being such as to re uire the application of force to-the end 0 the flexible member to place it into or out of engagement with the loop of the hook.

3. A cable-hanger comprising a messenthe flexible member removger-engaging portion formed of a length of wire bent into U-shape with one end terminating in an eye and the other end terminating in a hook, and. a flexible cable-engaging member havin its ends looped and one in engagement ,wlth the eye, the central portion of said member being adapted to completely encircle the cable and its free end to Ibe firlaced in removable engagement with the In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name to this specification in-the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES L. PEIRCE, JR.

Witnesses N. H. BLATCHFORD,, Jn,

WM. H. FOR. 

